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CRM 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The great society | President lied and beat Johnson program to reduce poverty and racial injustice and promote a better quality of life in the United States |
| Affirmative action | Steps taking to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of unemployment education and business from which they have been historically excluded |
| Hernandez v. Texas | Supreme court case that declared Mexican Americans and all other racial groups had equal protection under the 14th amendment |
| Caesar Chavez | American labor leader community organizer businessman and Latino American civil rights activist |
| Dolores Huerta | An American labor leader and civil rights activist with Cesar Chavez is a cofounder of the national farmworkers association |
| Chicano Mural movement | Began in the 1960s in America Mexican American barrios throughout the southwest artist began using the walls of city buildings housing project schools and churches to this big crab and Mexican American culture |
| Betty Freidan | An American feminist writer and activist a leading figure in the woman’s movement in the United States |
| American Indian movement | A Native American grassroots movement that was founded in July 1968 in Minneapolis |
| National organization for women | Woman’s movement organization |
| Title ix | The civil rights act that prohibits sexual discrimination in education |